EDITORIAL: LHS Dual Enrollment winning proposition

Thanks to a new partnership with Motlow State Community College and a lot of hard work from the leadership at La Vergne High School, LHS will begin offering a Dual Enrollment Academy next year that will help students earn up to 27 hours of college credit in courses such as Spanish, English and algebra, history and psychology.

That means that a student from La Vergne High could almost be a sophomore in college by the time they receive a high school diploma. Pretty neat.

It also means that La Vergne High School might be the place to be for students looking to excel academically.

With the opening of Stewarts Creek High in the fall, LHS will likely lose about 600 students.

Motlow charges $300 per dual enrollment semester, but stipends are available for students, along with Hope Scholarships that can be used as early as the junior year in high school. The school's faculty has created a scholarship that could be awarded to students, and County Commissioner Doug Shafer and his wife, Chris, who teaches at La Vergne High, are also providing a $100 scholarship for up to 10 students.

This makes the Dual Enrollment Academy not only efficient, but inexpensive for students who want to jump-start their college experience.

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